4) This happens when you receive, construct meaning from, and respond to the sender’s message.

5) When the receiver uses this response style, he clarifies or seeks more information.

6) This response style normally does not help unless the sender has asked for your advice.

7) A claim is generally not considered credible if

8) Which of the following are the most common types of doubts people may have about a source?

9) Which of the following is a category of reasonless advertising?

10) Providing only two choices when others are available defines which fallacy?

11) Consider the following statement: “Morgan, you’re down to earth and I trust your judgment. That’s why I know I can count on you to back me up at the meeting this afternoon.” This is an example of which fallacy?

12) Consider the following statement: “Studies confirm what everyone already knows: Smaller class sizes make better learners.” This is an example of which fallacy?

13) An effective message should be

14) Audience analysis should occur at what point in the creation of a message?

15) Measurable or observable characteristics of your audience are called

16) In this channel of communication, messages are carried by sound and light waves.

17) You want to discuss your performance review and possible raise with your boss. The most effective channel to do this would be

18) Sound and light waves are an example of which part of the communication model?

19) Which verbal support breaks down complex processes or concepts into their component parts to ensure understanding?

20) A framework for putting all of your information together in a logical sequence is called

21) What type of language is used when communicating with classmates, coworkers, family, and friends?

22) The individuals you are most likely to influence with your persuasive presentation are referred to as your

23) Persuasive topics that attempt to show an audience that something is good, bad, right, or wrong are topics of

24) If you try to persuade your classmates to donate canned goods for the hungry in your community, your topic is one of

25) When you lead, instruct, challenge, or introduce your audience to act on or accept your solution, you are at which step of Monroe’s Motivated Sequence?

26) When you display ethos in your persuasive presentation, you have

27) What logical fallacy can occur when a speaker focuses on similarities and ignores significant differences?

28) Groups that value higher power distance believe relationships are

29) Deliberately blaming individuals or groups for things they really did not do is called

30) An attempt to characterize causes of events to either personalities or external situations is called

31) The practice of using a case that has already been decided as a guide when deciding new cases is referred to as

32) A value judgment requires this type of assessment.

33) What is the belief that laws are justified if they prevent a person from harming him- or herself known as?

BCOM 275 Final Exam Guide Set 2

1) The term channel in communication means

2) This preparation process involves looking at the characteristics of the receivers of the sender’s message.

3) A receiver’s response to a sender’s message is called

4) This act is involuntary and happens automatically.

5) This happens when you receive, construct meaning from, and respond to the sender’s message.

6) With this type of response, you analyze or teach the sender about the cause of his or her concern.

7) Consider the following exchange: “How do I know God exists? How do you know he doesn’t?” Which fallacy does the second statement illustrate?

8) Which of the following is a category of reasonless advertising?

9) A claim is generally not considered credible if

10) Consider the following statement: “Morgan, you’re down to earth and I trust your judgment. That’s why I know I can count on you to back me up at the meeting this afternoon.” This is an example of which fallacy?

11) Providing only two choices when others are available defines which fallacy?

12) Stating someone has negative features and his claim is invalid is an example of which fallacy?

13) Audience analysis should occur at what point in the creation of a message?

14) An effective message should be

15) Measurable or observable characteristics of your audience are called

16) Which informal communication channel involves its own abbreviations to accommodate the limited number of characters available in any given message?

17) Sound and light waves are an example of which part of the communication model?

18) You want to discuss your performance review and possible raise with your boss. The most effective channel to do this would be

19) When using expert testimonials, speakers should do which of the following?

20) Which verbal support breaks down complex processes or concepts into their component parts to ensure understanding?

21) What type of language is used when communicating with classmates, coworkers, family, and friends?

22) The connotation of words such as skinny or thin focuses on the

23) The individuals you are most likely to influence with your persuasive presentation are referred to as your

24) If you try to persuade your classmates to donate canned goods for the hungry in your community, your topic is one of

25) When you lead, instruct, challenge, or introduce your audience to act on or accept your solution, you are at which step of Monroe’s Motivated Sequence?

26) When you display ethos in your persuasive presentation, you have

27) What logical fallacy can occur when a speaker focuses on similarities and ignores significant differences?

28) Groups that value higher power distance believe relationships are

29) Deliberately blaming individuals or groups for things they really did not do is called

30) An attempt to characterize causes of events to either personalities or external situations is called

31) The practice of using a case that has already been decided as a guide when deciding new cases is referred to as

32) A value judgment requires this type of assessment.

33) What is the belief that laws are justified if they prevent a person from harming him- or herself known as?

BCOM 275 Final Exam Guide Set 3

1) In which of the following communication activities do people spend the greatest percent of their day?

2) The term channel in communication means

3) A receiver’s response to a sender’s message is called

4) This response style normally does not help unless the sender has asked for your advice.

5) With this type of response, you analyze or teach the sender about the cause of his or her concern.

6) This act is involuntary and happens automatically.

7) Which of the following is a category of reasonless advertising?

8) Which of the following are the most common types of doubts people may have about a source?

9) A claim is generally not considered credible if

10) Providing only two choices when others are available defines which fallacy?

11) Stating someone has negative features and his claim is invalid is an example of which fallacy?

12) Consider the following statement: “So what if the Senator accepted a little kickback money—most politicians are corrupt after all.” This is an example of which fallacy?

13) Measurable or observable characteristics of your audience are called

14) Behavior descriptions should meet which of the following criteria?

15) Demographics include which of the following?

16) You want to discuss your performance review and possible raise with your boss. The most effective channel to do this would be

17) Sound and light waves are an example of which part of the communication model?

18) Which informal communication channel involves its own abbreviations to accommodate the limited number of characters available in any given message?

19) When are nonverbal messages sent?

20) Which verbal support breaks down complex processes or concepts into their component parts to ensure understanding?

21) When using expert testimonials, speakers should do which of the following?

22) When you use an expression like raining cats and dogs, you are using

23) Persuasive topics that attempt to show an audience that something is good, bad, right, or wrong are topics of

24) The connotation of words such as skinny or thin focuses on the

25) What logical fallacy can occur when a speaker focuses on similarities and ignores significant differences?

26) If you use only a few examples to represent the whole of the conclusion, you are committing this logical fallacy.

27) When you display ethos in your persuasive presentation, you have

28) Deliberately blaming individuals or groups for things they really did not do is called

29) A concept proposing that negative cultural assumptions about a group can create for its members a belief in those assumptions is called

30) Groups that value higher power distance believe relationships are

31) Utilitarianism is part of this perspective on moral reasoning.

32) What is the belief that correct moral principles are those accepted by the correct religion known as?

33) The practice of using a case that has already been decided as a guide when deciding new cases is referred to as

BCOM 275 Final Exam Guide Set 4

1) The term channel in communication means

2) This preparation process involves looking at the characteristics of the receivers of the sender’s message.

3) A receiver’s response to a sender’s message is called

4) This act is involuntary and happens automatically.

5) This happens when you receive, construct meaning from, and respond to the sender’s message.

6) With this type of response, you analyze or teach the sender about the cause of his or her concern.

7) Consider the following exchange: “How do I know God exists? How do you know he doesn’t?” Which fallacy does the second statement illustrate?

8) Which of the following is a category of reasonless advertising?

9) A claim is generally not considered credible if

10) Consider the following statement: “Morgan, you’re down to earth and I trust your judgment. That’s why I know I can count on you to back me up at the meeting this afternoon.” This is an example of which fallacy?

11) Providing only two choices when others are available defines which fallacy?

12) Stating someone has negative features and his claim is invalid is an example of which fallacy?

13) Audience analysis should occur at what point in the creation of a message?

14) An effective message should be

15) Measurable or observable characteristics of your audience are called

16) Which informal communication channel involves its own abbreviations to accommodate the limited number of characters available in any given message?

17) Sound and light waves are an example of which part of the communication model?

18) You want to discuss your performance review and possible raise with your boss. The most effective channel to do this would be

19) When using expert testimonials, speakers should do which of the following?

20) Which verbal support breaks down complex processes or concepts into their component parts to ensure understanding?

21) What type of language is used when communicating with classmates, coworkers, family, and friends?

22) The connotation of words such as skinny or thin focuses on the

23) The individuals you are most likely to influence with your persuasive presentation are referred to as your

24) If you try to persuade your classmates to donate canned goods for the hungry in your community, your topic is one of